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Man up, damn you! A great blog that will help you do so. Learn how to shave, why a real man always carries a hankerchief and a pen-knife, and how to dress the part.

For MacGuyver, this site ranks as porn -- german porn.

A 'lifehack' is defined by wikipedia as: 'The term life hack refers to productivity tricks that programmers devise and employ to cut through information overload and organize their data.' Lifehacker delivers hacks that range from great deals on technology, how to build laptop stands from rebar, to tips on brewing your own beer. It's a great site - leans a bit to left politically, but who cares if their tips help make your life better, right? Definitely worth a daily visit.

A site that offers one free software package daily (there's actually a countdown timer - you can cut the tension it creates with a knife!) that is normally not freeware. They swear up and down that the software is not 'crippleware' and is virur- and spyware-free. The developer of the software provides the download and a special code to unlock the software. Please note that sometimes the software being offered can be less than useful, like 'RecipeMaster2000 - now for Unix!' or 'DietTracker'. But once in a while something really useful pops up, so this site is worth checking regularly.

A DIY site for people who don't want to build robots or rubberband guns. DoItYourself.com focuses more on home improvement-related lifehacks. If you're looking for tips on how to build a treehouse or a garden, then this will be a useful site.

Make your own zoetrope! Or don't!

This is an interesting DIY wiki, but different from the more technical DIY sites in that they projects that fall into decidedly non-technical categories such as 'How to tell if you're in an abusive relationship.' and 'How to be friends with someone who has children when you do not."

Another lifehack blog with tips on how to improve your life, your efficiency, or your career.

Did you know you can make boat sails from Tyvek? Do you realize that there are some people out there who just have to take stuff apart and make it into some kind of a robot? These sorts of people buy 'Make' magazine.

Make magazine's online home.

Wikipedia describe Drudge Report as being a 'news aggregator' that leans conservative. That's probably because it's founder Matt Drudge single-handedly broke the Monica Lewinsky story, while the more 'serious journalists of Newsweek sat on the story for almost a year. A great starting point and frequently scoops other news media on breaking stories.

A movie-review aggregator site, this is the perfect place to go to get an idea of the relative review ratings that a movie has received. Films that have received generally positive reviews retain a 'fresh' rating. Films that are widely panned become 'splattered'.

I have no idea how these guys get the information they get - they hide inside closets, hang from windows. There isn't a crawlspace small enough that these bloggers won't squeeze inside if it means getting a movie scoop. AICN is the best blog for getting advance movie buzz.

"The Corner" on National Review Online

This is the blog site that broke the 'Memogate' story by creating an animated .gif file that proved that the memo Dan Rather shipwrecked his career against was faked. Here's the image below:

Founded by Michelle Malkin in 2006, with Ed Morrissey (formerly of Captains Quarters) joining early in 2008:

Interested in the ranting of a deranged, evil tyrant? Then have I got a website for you! Go visit this site and review the various speeches of the man who turned a once-beautiful island into the Alacatraz of the Carribean. Viva la Revolucion, or some crap, I dunno.

If Will (a longtime friend of mine) had a lair inside a volcano online, this would be it. Will's my own personal video game and movie guru. I don't buy a new video game or console without his permission. Despite my best efforts I haven't been able to convince him to move his content over to BuriedPlanet. Until he sees the light you've got to go check out his site.

 Rojo's personal fantasy fiction website. A bit a self advertisement never hurt anyone.

A great site maintained by a Devil Dog, badmovies.org is a regular stop for me. With hundreds of incredibly bad movie reviews (the movies, not the reviews) stashed in their archives, this is a great site to browse for a good laugh. I need to get them to host one my reviews as a 'guest' review, somehow.

The definitive movie database. Also covers television content, too. If you're looking for a movie but can't remember the title but can remember an actor that appeared in the production, then this is the site you should be visiting.

A movie-review aggregator site, this is the perfect place to go to get an idea of the relative review ratings that a movie has received. Films that have received generally positive reviews retain a 'fresh' rating. Films that are widely panned become 'splattered'.

I have no idea how these guys get the information they get - they hide inside closets, hang from windows. There isn't a crawlspace small enough that these bloggers won't squeeze inside if it means getting a movie scoop. AICN is the best blog for getting advance movie buzz.

Hosted by the Right Rev. Chumley, the Cult of UHF broadcasts crappy cinema from the steeple of it's church, which floats deep in the impenetrable void of space...

Terrific, terrific site for watching really crappy, crappy movies.

TESTIFY!

America's largest and most recognized genre film festival focusing solely on Horror and Science Fiction. Each year the NYCHFF celebrates both the horror classics we grew up with and the new horror films & filmmakers who created them. the NYCHFF fills the city with special screenings, parties, celebrity guests and free giveaways. The New York City Horror Film Festival is the Halloween time event not to be missed

One of the better sites for news and analysis of the Supreme Court.

A cool site that lists some occassionally very weird products and interior design concepts. Cardboard lawn chairs, retro lighting, you name -- it's here. Not all the products they display are actually for sale, some are just conceptualizations, but it's still a very interesting website.

A very interesting site that allows you to search for real estate information. Put in your own address and you can find out the relative selling prices of homes in your area.

Unleash your inner geek! A great little shop with all sorts of weird gadgets for sale. They've got t-shirts with scrolling digital marquees, cubical warfare weaponry, and computer accessories.

Did you know you can make boat sails from Tyvek? Do you realize that there are some people out there who just have to take stuff apart and make it into some kind of a robot? These sorts of people buy 'Make' magazine.

Make magazine's online home.

An exhaustive list of the best and most useful drupal development links.

Drupal's honeycomb hideout. Download modules, themes and the latest version of drupal's core files.

The definitive movie database. Also covers television content, too. If you're looking for a movie but can't remember the title but can remember an actor that appeared in the production, then this is the site you should be visiting.

A mainstay of the online researched, the open-source online encylopedia. Some people hate it, some people (ok, politicians) believe they can edit embroider their biographies on the sly, but I think it's indispensable.